Rail fastener



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' W. DALTON RAIL FASTENER Filed March 21', 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet '1WITNESSES Nov.- 18, 1924.

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WILLIAM DALTON, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

RAIL

Application filed March 21,1924.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DALTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in BailFasteners, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for securing railroad rails to metal ties,and includes a novel form of tie to be used with the rail securingmeans. The securing means are in the nature of an improvement upon thoseset forth in my prior applications, Ser. Nos.

657,94A and 657,945, filed August 17, 1923,

of which Ser. No. 657,945 has now become Patent No. 1,503,489, issuedAugust 5, 1924.

One of the objects of my present invention is to reduce the amount ofmetal in the seeming means, while retaining the advantages of the priordevices of my said applications, which are that no cutting or drillingof the tie or rail is required; no more space laterally of the rail istaken up than by the ordinary spikes; and the removal of: the railpermitted, with a minimum of labor.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a cross section through a rail mounted onthe tie; Fig. 2, a cross section through the tie, with the rail securingmeans in elevation; Fig. 3, a plan View of the retainer bar for therail; Fig. 4, a side elevation of said bar; Fig. 5, a cross section onthe line a, a of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a plan view of the tie equipped withanti-creeping means; and, Fig. 7 a side view, in elevation, of the tieof Fig. 6.

In the practice of my invention, referring descriptively to the specificembodiment thereof which is. herein exemplified, the tie, 1, is aspecial rolled bar, of T section, the stem, 1 tapering slightlydownward, and the head, 1", being provided with rounded projections orbulges, 1, on the underside of its edges, the purpose of which is toengage with and hold in place the hook-shaped ends, 5 of the securingbolts, 5. These bolts are of square section in their curved hook shapedportions, and of circular section in their straight portions, on whichscrew threads, 5", are cut for the reception of nuts, 6. The threadedends pass through eyes, 8, in the ends of the retainer bar, 9, saidFASTENER.

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eyes being formed by bending around the ends or" the bar, in the sameway that eye.- bolts are formed. In so bending said ends,

they are given a slight twist spirally, as

indicated by the numeral, 10, in Figs. 1 and 5, which twist gives them alock washer effeet, tending to prevent the nuts, 6, from working loose.Furthermore, the body oi the retainer bar is slightly cambered or curvedupwardly towards its ends, as also tened out when t-henuts are tightenedup, thereby assisting in holding said nuts in place, and also causingthe bar to'hug" the tie very closely. Obviously, either one oi theseeirpedients can be used without the other, if desired. The inner face ofthe bar is undercut, as indicatedby the numeral, 12, to engage over theflange, 2 of the rail, 2. Fig. 1 shows retainer bars and bolts on bothsides'ot the rail, but it will be underindicated in Fig. 4, so that itwill beflao as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and laterally ex- 99 tendingbends, 1, are formed on the portion below the notches, the bends beingpreferaloly in opposite directions, as shown.

It will now be seen that the present invention provides a tie and meansto secure rails thereto, in which a minimumv of metal is used, and whichrequires a minimum of labor in insertion and removal. The retainer barcan obviously be used with other forms of ties, such as old rails, forexample, and with other forms of bolts, such as those described in myprior applications aforesaid.

I claim as my invention and desire to se cure by Letters Patent:

1. Means for securing railroad rails to metal ties, comprising a bar,adapted to engage the rail flange and having eyes in its ends; and shorthook-shaped bolts, adapted to pass through said eyes and engage under 11the edges of the head of the tie.

2. Means for securing railroad rails to metalities, comprising a bar,adapted to engage then-ail flange and having its endsbent around With aslight spiral twist, to form eyes having a lock Washer effect, andbolts, adapted to pass through said eyes to secure the bar to the tie.

3. Means for securing railroad rails to metal ties, comprising aslightly cainbered bar, adapted to engage'the rail flange and havingholes in its ends; and bolts, adapted to engage under a part ot the tie,and passingthrough said holes, whereby said bar can be flattened out andsecurely clamped to the tie.

4. Means for securing railroad rails to thezroadbed, comprising metalties of T section, having bulges formed along the underside: of. theirflange edges; retainer bars, to engage thearailjflanges. and havingtheir ends bents-pira-lly to "form spring eyes; and hookshape'dbolts,adapted to be passedthrough said eyes: and engaged under and around saidbulges.

5. Means for securing railroad rails to metal ties of rolled section,comprising retainer bars, having undercut sides to overlie the railflanges, and having their ends bent around spirally to form eyes andgive a spring lock Washer efl'ect; bolts, passed through said eyes andhaving hook-shaped ends to engage under the flange of the tie; and nutson said bolts to clamp said bars firmly to the ties.

6. Means for securing rails to metal ties,

consisting of bars having their" ends bent around to form eyes, andbolts adapted to be passed through said eyes and engaging under the tie.

7. Means for securing rails to metal ties, consisting of bars havingtheir ends bent around. to form eyes and having undercut recesses intheir inner faces to overlap the rail flanges, and bolts adapted to bepassed through said eyes and engaging under the he 8.- Means forsecuring. rails to metal ties, consisting of bars having their ends bentaround to form eyes and having iuidercut recesses in their inner facesto overlap the rail flanges, the angle of the upper sides'ozt saidrecesses being; greater than. that of said flanges, and said ba-rs beingslightly cambered, and bolts adapted to be passed through said eyes andengaging under the tie.

9. Means for securing railsto metal ties, consisting of bars havingtheir ends spirally bent around to form eyes With a lockrwasher effect,and bolts adapted to be passed zhrough said eyes and engaging under theWILLIAM DALTON.

Witnesses ELIZABETH R.v FINEGA'N, S. H. DINGMAN.

